Chords with lyrics
Key: C minorCm
🤘 Intro:
F minorFm G+G
When we were young
🤘 Verse:
C minorCm
Well, the first 21
G+G
It's a criminal ride
Bb majorBb
Whatever you've done
FF
You can get out alive
C minorCm
The first 21
G+G
Is it Heaven or Hell?
Bb majorBb
But who really cares
FF
We were under a spell
C minorCm
The first 21
G+G
And those hot summer nights
Bb majorBb
We were high as the stars
FF
Under big city lights
🤘 Chorus:
(When we were young)
AbAb
But when we were young
Eb MajorEb
We learned how to tell our own lies
G+G
Telling ourselves it was paradise
C minorCm
And sometimes we even believed it
AbAb
When we were young
Eb MajorEb
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
G+G
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
C minorCm
And sometimes we even believed it
F minorFm G+G
When we were young
🤘 Interlude:
C minorCm G+G Bb majorBb FF
🤘 Verse 2:
C minorCm
The first 21
G+G
Was a coming of age
Bb majorBb
We would take on the world
FF
Like we're turning a page
C minorCm
The first 21
G+G
It's not what you think
Bb majorBb
Sometimes you fly
FF
But sometimes you sink
🤘 Chorus 2:
(When we were young)
AbAb
But when we were young
Eb MajorEb
We learned how to tell our own lies
G+G
Telling ourselves it was paradise
C minorCm
And sometimes we even believed it
AbAb
When we were young
Eb MajorEb
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
G+G
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
C minorCm
And sometimes we even believed it
F minorFm G+G
When we were young
🤘 Solo:
C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb G+G
C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb G+G
🤘 Chorus 3:
AbAb
But when we were young
Eb MajorEb
We learned how to tell our own lies
G+G
Telling ourselves it was paradise
C minorCm
And sometimes we even believed it
AbAb
When we were young
Eb MajorEb
Was like nothing that we'd ever seen
G+G
Pushing ourselves to have bigger dreams
C minorCm
And sometimes we even believed it
AbAb Eb MajorEb
When we were young
G+G C minorCm
When we were young
AbAb Eb MajorEb
When we were young
G+G C minorCm
When we were young
F minorFm G+G
When we were young
C minorCm AbAb G+G
We were just twenty-one
C minorCm AbAb G+G C minorCm
When we were young